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Terms of Service

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the www.openwire.com website and all content, services and products available at or through the website, including, but not limited to, all hosted publications (taken together, the Website). The Website is owned and operated by Open Wire, LLC. ("Open Wire"). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, Open Wire's Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by Open Wire (collectively, the "Agreement").

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the Webite, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Open Wire, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.

Your Open Wire Account and Site

If you create a publication on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and publication, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the publication. You must not describe or assign keywords to your publication in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Open Wire may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Open Wire liability. You must immediately notify Open Wire of any unauthorized uses of your publication, your account or any other breaches of security. Open Wire will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

Responsibility of Contributors

If you operate a publication, comment on a publication, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, a video file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
the Content is not obscene, libelous or defamatory (more info on what that means), hateful or racially or ethnically objectionable, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
your publication is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your publication’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Open Wire or otherwise.

By submitting Content to Open Wire for inclusion on your Website, you grant Open Wire a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your publication. If you delete Content, Open Wire will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Open Wire has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Open Wire’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Open Wire’s reasonable opinion, violates any Open Wire policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Open Wire’s sole discretion. Open Wire will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

Fees and Payment

Optional premium paid services such as extra storage, domain purchases or Pro hosting are available on the Website. By selecting a premium service you agree to pay Open Wire the monthly or annual subscription fees indicated for that service (the payment terms for Pro hosting are described below). Payments will be charged on the day you sign up for a premium service and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual period as indicated. Premium service fees are not refundable.

Pro Services

Fees; Payment. By signing up for a Pro Services account you agree to pay Open Wire the indicated setup fees and monthly hosting fees in exchange for the ordered services. Applicable fees will be invoiced starting from the day your Pro Services are established and in advance of using such services. Open Wire reserves the right to change the payment terms and fees upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to you. Pro Services can be canceled by you at anytime on 30 days written notice to Open Wire.

Support. Pro Services include access to priority email support. "Email support" means the ability to make requests for technical support assistance by email at any time (with reasonable efforts by Open Wire to respond within one business day) concerning the use of the Pro Services. "Priority" means that support for Pro Services customers takes priority over support for users of the standard, free Open Wire publication services. All Pro Services support will be provided in accordance with Open Wire standard Pro Services practices, procedures and policies.

Responsibility of Website Visitors

Open Wire has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Open Wire does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Open Wire disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Content Posted on Other Websites

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Open Wire links, and that link to Open Wire. Open Wire does not have any control over those non-Open Wire websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Open Wire website or webpage, Open Wire does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Open Wire disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Open Wire websites and webpages.

Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

As Open Wire asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Open Wire violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Open Wire in accordance with Open Wire’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Policy. Open Wire will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Open Wire or others, Open Wire may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website. In the case of such termination, Open Wire will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Open Wire.

Intellectual Property

This Agreement does not transfer from Open Wire to you any Open Wire or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Open Wire. Open Wire, the Open Wire logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Open Wire, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Wire or Open Wire's licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Open Wire or third-party trademarks.

Changes

Open Wire reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. Open Wire may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Termination

Open Wire may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Open Wire account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a Pro Services account, such account can only be terminated by Open Wire if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from Open Wire’s notice to you thereof; provided that, Open Wire can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Website is provided "as is". Open Wire and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Open Wire nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Open Wire, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Open Wire under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Open Wire shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

General Representation and Warranty

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Open Wire Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Open Wire, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to out of your violation this Agreement.

Miscellaneous

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Open Wire and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Open Wire, or by the posting by Open Wire of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of New York, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in New York County, New York. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. ("JAMS") by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in New York, New York, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Open Wire may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.